<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[They have this fantastic nugget of historical material from the Gilded Age. It's a wonderful, small overview of American painting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41233]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have this fantastic nugget of historical material from the Gilded Age. It's a wonderful, small overview of American painting from about 1870 to 1915.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting. [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting. [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned you'll be surprised...as your solitude subsides .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the fire in which we burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the fire in which we burn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26826]]></link><description><![CDATA[A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And however are Dennises take offence, A double meaning shows double sense;  And if proverbs tell truth,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23232]]></link><description><![CDATA[And however are Dennises take offence, A double meaning shows double sense;  And if proverbs tell truth,   A double tooth    Is wisdom's adopted dwelling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old man in love is like a flower in winter ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10926]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old man in love is like a flower in winter]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do I want one (a state title)? Dang right, but I'm not gonna sell my soul for one. I'm a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do I want one (a state title)? Dang right, but I'm not gonna sell my soul for one. I'm a purist. There are a lot of different championships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't put equipment on your gravestone.*Ian Stewart's father about the risks he was taking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/670]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't put equipment on your gravestone.*Ian Stewart's father about the risks he was taking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53002]]></link><description><![CDATA[If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12649]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gallantry to women--the sure road to their favor--is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gallantry to women--the sure road to their favor--is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36267]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a relationship, honesty and trust must exist. If they dont, theres no point of loving. So if you cant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63069]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a relationship, honesty and trust must exist. If they dont, theres no point of loving. So if you cant afford to be honest, stay single]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, under tokens, of our very selves and all our substance; that they may be transformed, quickened, and devoted to the interests of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are words the heart can't express ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are words the heart can't express]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52851]]></link><description><![CDATA[I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1879]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our pitchers just need to pitch and let the other team hit the ball, and more than likely we'll get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our pitchers just need to pitch and let the other team hit the ball, and more than likely we'll get them out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none: for salvation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12799]]></link><description><![CDATA[We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none: for salvation, but it is far off from us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there are noneconomic values" to consider. There are, of course, noneconomic values. Indeed, there are only noneconomic values. Economics is not a value itself but merely a method of trading off one value against another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["And now, Madam," I addressed her, "we shall try who shall get the breeches." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61931]]></link><description><![CDATA["And now, Madam," I addressed her, "we shall try who shall get the breeches."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59769]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65475]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabitwith dignity all the days of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21417]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabitwith dignity all the days of his life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win,  By fearing to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win,  By fearing to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41684]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manfred: Diego, spit that out. You don't know where it's been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manfred: Diego, spit that out. You don't know where it's been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade.  Where'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade.  Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise,   And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is a good walk spoiled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is a good walk spoiled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30277]]></link><description><![CDATA[These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30277</guid></item></channel></rss>